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Holyoke Public Schools
Volume 5, Issue 4
Summer 2007
HPS school year comes to a quick, busy close
By
Eduardo B. Carballo
**Updated Vaccine
Information on page 11
Superintendent of Schools
Dear Readers:
It’s hard to believe that we are
coming to the end of another
school year! It’s been a busy
year and much has been accomplished by all. I want to
take this opportunity to acknowledge the work of all
staff across the district and to
the many partners, volunteers
and families.
At this time I would like to
specifically talk about two
outstanding educators, who
after many years of service,
have been recently recognized
as Unsung Heroines by the
Massachusetts Commission on
the Status of Women. They
were honored at the Massachusetts State House on May
16, 2007. Dr. Maria Barreto is
a teacher at Peck Middle
School and Linda Amaral is a
teacher at Sullivan School.
These teachers were nominated by their peers, which in
itself is an honor. To quote
the Massachusetts Unsung
Heroines 2007 Nomination
Form, “They are the Unsung
Heroines who use their time,
talent, spirit and enthusiasm to
enrich the lives of others. They
are mentors, volunteers and
innovators. They are the glue
that keeps a community together, they are the spark that
gets things started and gets
things done…they care about
other people and it shows.”
Congratulations to both of
them. A complete feature is
inside on page 3 of Connections.
Dr. Eduardo Carballo addresses the media at 57 Suffolk Street in a
recent press conference speaking in support of the city’s schools,
teachers, staff and administration.
A reminder to the whole
community that next year
McMahon Elementary School
will grow to include 7th grade
and that Morgan and Peck
schools have become sister
schools for the 2007/2008
school year.
The Grade 8 Moving-Up
Ceremonies were a large success and the support of the
families in celebrating the accomplishments of their children was wonderful to see.
Schools having the annual
ceremony were Lynch and
Peck Middle Schools, and
Donahue, Sullivan, E.N. White,
Kelly Elementary Schools and
HAP.
On behalf of the School Committee and myself, congratulations to all the graduating
seniors and their families. We
wish you well and hope you
stay connected and let us
know how you are doing in
your future endeavors.
Reminder - our summer pro-
grams will be in full swing
again this year. I hope a lot of
our students will take advantage of them. The Summer
Programs will run from July 9
to August 9, 2007, Monday
through Thursday from 8:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The sites for
these programs are Holyoke
High, Dean Technical High,
Peck Middle, Donahue, Morgan, Lawrence, Sullivan and
White. Student applications
(K-8) are available from the
schools; Holyoke High and
Dean Technical High will recruit students as has been past
practice. John Cavanaugh will
once again be overseeing
these programs and may be
contacted by e-mail at [email protected] if
you have any questions.
I wish all of our readers a safe
and relaxing summer.
Our Unsung Heroines
3
Races to Space
4
Summer Fun
Suggestions
5
Rising Stars and
School Briefs
6-7
Talking Points
7
Holyoke Sports
8
Spanish Highlights
...more sports photos
9-12
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Mission Statement
The mission of the
Holyoke Public Schools
is to provide educational
opportunities for all
students to reach their
full potential in a safe,
secure, healthy learning
environment while
valuing diversity and
promoting responsible
citizenship.
Edited by
Kelly Doktor
[email protected]
Special Thanks to:
Luz Aguilar, Cris Brown, Kim Counter, Laura DuPont, Mike Hines,
Judy Taylor, Judy Williams and Chris Zajac
Contributing to this issue:
Linda Amaral
Joanne Marcotte
Mary Kate Richie
Pauline Carriere
Lee McGarrigle
Hilary Russell
Mary Falcetti
Debbie Menard
Nancy Stenberg
William Greaney
Joanne O’Toole
Sue Werenski
Patti Jennings
Aaron Patterson
Sharon Winston
Robert Lastowski
Hava Preye
Elaine Lathrop
Bonnie Randall
Parent Academy makes community connections
Holyoke School
Committee
Mayor Michael Sullivan
Michael Moriarty
Mary Signet
Yvonne Garcia
Barry Conway
Mollie Plant
William A. Collamore
Margaret Boulais
Gladys Lebron-Martinez
Jonathan Allyn
Holyoke’s Title I Program sponsored the first
Parent Academy on Saturday, April 28th, at
Donahue School. The purpose of the family
event is to comply with state and federal parent
involvement guidelines in accordance with the
No Child Left Behind Act. The three-hour
workshop was filled with beneficial presentations by dedicated teachers. The goals of the
Parent Academy were to provide parents with
materials for home that will have a direct impact
on student achievement, to foster home-toschool connections, to build a network and
share with other parents, help parents understand the expectations in the school academic
setting, and to build a community of support
among parents, administrators, and teachers.
Workshops included Homemade Toys, MakeAnd-Take activities, Homework Helper, Poetry,
Physical Exercise, and math seminars on basic
facts and probability. Another parent academy is
being planned for the fall. Suggestions for summer activities are on page 5 of this issue of
Connections.
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Teachers are Massachusetts Unsung Heroines
www.hps.holyoke.ma.us
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Linda Amaral, Sullivan Elementary School teacher and Maria
Barreto, a teacher at Peck Middle School, were each honored
in a ceremony as an Unsung
Heroine at the Massachusetts
Statehouse on May 16th. There
were several inspirational
speeches by women at the ceremony with the day ending with
an address from Governor
Deval Patrick. Amaral, from
Ludlow and Barreto, from Holyoke, were the only representatives from their respective
hometowns in being identified
as an extraordinary woman for
“performing unheralded acts on
a daily basis that make our communities better places to live.”
Using their “talent, spirit and
enthusiasm to enrich the lives of
others, as well as being
mentors, volunteers and
innovators” garnered
them the award as nominated by colleagues.
The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of
Women sponsored the
2007 Unsung Heroine
Award Initiative, which
through nominations,
identifies and honors
extraordinary women
from each of the Commonwealth’s 351 cities
and towns.
What’s New on the Web
By Judy Taylor
Recent additions to
the district Web site
include:
Peck Middle School teacher Maria Barreto
(L) and Sullivan Elementary Teacher Linda
Amaral receive their Unsung Heroine
Awards at the Statehouse May 16th.
Linda Amaral Nomination Letter
Maria Barreto Nomination Letter
Linda Amaral is a motivating, supporting, strong and
persevering woman. She is a person that reexamines, challenges and pushes herself further than
you ever thought possible. Her co-workers are her
extended family. She will go above and beyond to
help out anyone having difficulties with professional
or personal issues. If she can’t help you , she will
find someone who will. Aside from her professional
duties, Linda helps operate the Western Mass Junior
Pioneer soccer organization. She is a woman full of
energy and she transmits this to anyone she talks to.
She makes you feel like you are not alone, like
someone who has walked this path before you. She
knows how to make a situation easier and knows
how to conquer problems with logical reasoning,
communication and consideration. At Sullivan
School, Linda is someone many of us turn to when
we have questions about the DOE or ELL. We leave
the conversation with a sense of peace, enlightenment, appreciation, and a feeling of a weight being
lifted off of us. Linda is an amazing person. Her
integrity and honesty is empowering and has a lasting effect on those who know her. She is always
continuing her education and sharing that knowledge with others. She is humble about her gifts,
talents and interests. This woman impacts our lives
with wise, practical, heartening words. Her intelligence and positive approach affirm the power of
possibility. Linda does all this while being a cancer
survivor.
Maria Barreto works with the students and
families of T.O.P. above and beyond the
scope of her responsibilities to the Holyoke
Public Schools. Many families that we intake
are struggling with issues that deal with
housing, medical, physical, psychological, and
domestic abuse. Her spirit embraces these
students and families creating an environment
that is safe and welcoming. Maria looks for
ways to network families into the community
for the services that meet their needs. Many
of our families stay in touch with her after
they transition to their zone schools because
they have met a good friend and helper.
When the school day is over, she opens her
heart to the community reaching out and
touching those in need. Using personal resources to care for others, she works tirelessly to lessen their burdens. Maria is an
inspiration to those who know her and a
friend to all who meet her. We are blessed to
have her share her talents, skills and compassionate heart with us.
-Duver Gomez - Vega
-Dr. Glenn Benson-Lewis
-Patti Jennings
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Athletics Forms
•
Emergency Information
•
Prohibition of Hazing
Policy
•
Sportsmanship Policy
The links are located on the
Athletics pages for Dean and
Holyoke High Schools.
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New to the Holyoke High
School website
www.hps.holyoke.ma.us/hhs is
a page featuring the Jobs for
Baystate Graduates Program
accessible via the Programs
menu.
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Check out our new Summer
Educational Opportunities
Page containing information
regarding summer programs,
activities and events including
KinderKamp and the Barnes
and Noble Summer Reading
Program (read eight books,
get one free!)
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On the Web site in the late
summer be sure to look for
opening day information including, but not limited to the
school year calendar and
busing information.
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Pictured front row L to R: Erica Oliver, Kyle Manijak, Mike Britton,
Mark Davis, Fernando Leon, Hilda Garcia, and Jessenia Padilla. In
the back row are Maureen Lyons and Joyce Siok.
Singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” is Marlene DiLeo (right) after
being presented with two tickets to the Red Sox’ July 21st night
game vs. the Chicago White Sox from Mary Ellen O’Connor. DiLeo
won this year’s “Red Hot Red Sox Raffle” sponsored by HPS Social
Club. She also won $100 to spend at the game. O’Connor was herself awarded $50 for being the seller of the winning ticket. The HPS
Social Club was created in 2004 to promote spirit and camaraderie
among all employees of the Holyoke Public School System. Membership is open to anyone who works, or has ever worked (in any capacity) for the school department. There are no fees or dues and to
join, simply attend or participate in any of the sponsored events to
become a member. Through events and raffles, HPS Social Club
members have raised money to fund scholarships for graduating
Holyoke High and Dean Tech seniors. This month, four more scholarships in the amount of $200 each will be given out to one male and
one female at each of the schools. The next scheduled event will be
a Team Scavenger Hunt scheduled for October 2007. For anyone
interested in being a part of the planning committee, contact Debbie
Menard at the Student Assignment Office at 57 Suffolk Street.
3-2-1 Blast Off!
As part of a unit
on space at
Donahue Elementary School,
teacher Caleb
Snow challenged
his students to
build rockets
propelled by
water and compressed air. Students studied the Luis Robles, Jessica Uribe, and Sassy Ismael hold
different parts
their rockets in anticipation of a launch.
and motions of a
rocket prior to
designing their own. After given a list of materials needed to build a
successful rocket, a first design was built. Then, after the initial test
launch, students could redesign and improve their rockets. Data from
the launches are being kept so students can then analyze it. Student
Sassy Ismael said, “This project took a lot of thought. Designing the
nose cone was kind of difficult, but the rest was easy.”
The Dean Tech Connections After School Life Skills workshop recently participated in an adaptive bicycle program. Over a two-hour
session, the students, depending on their needs, were able to ride on a
variety of adult tricycles and hand cycles with proper headgear. The
activity was conducted by All Out Adventures, Inc. and was funded by
the Connections After School Program. Facilitating the experience
were instructors Joyce Siok, Maureen Lyons and nurse Kathy Bennett
with parent volunteer Kathy Manijak assisting.
It is rocket science at E.N. White!
At E.N. White Elementary School,
science teacher Hugh Edmonds
(pictured below) found the best way to
teach Newton’s Laws of Motion to the
eighth grade students - have them
work in teams to build their own rockets! Along the way, students studied
inertia, acceleration, and force as well
as working through mathematical equations to determine distance and speed.
Edmonds said
most students
accurately
predicted how
high the rockets would go.
Each team had
its own mission
patch and upon
successful completion of the
construction
and launch of
the rocket,
each student
received a
certificate of
achievement.
Volume 5, Issue 4
Summer family activity guide
Page 5
City offers summer programs
“Mom, I’m bored…”
that families would
not see
this continued
learning
as a
chore,
but a
chance to
continue
to sucMayor Michael Sullivan
ceed. I
would
like to thank the countless number
of parents that have been directly
involved in their children’s education; your investment of time will
be paid in future pride. And for the
tireless faculty, staff and administration of Holyoke Public Schools
- a big thank you and take a deep
breath this summer!
By
Michael Sullivan
Holyoke Children’s Museum & Volleyball Hall of Fame
444 Dwight Street/Heritage State Park, Holyoke
www.childrensmuseumholyoke.org
Wistariahurst Museum
238 Cabot Street, Holyoke
www.wistariahurst.org
Historic Northampton Museum and Education Center
46 Bridge Street, Northampton
www.historic-northampton.org
Historic Deerfield
Old Main Street, Deerfield
www.historic-deerfield.org
Magic Wings and Butterfly Conservatory
Mayor of Holyoke
As school draws to a close, I would
ask that parents consider the effort
that has been put forth by the Holyoke Public School department to
further your child’s education
through the summer months. I
would ask that all parents work as
best they can to preserve the progress made during the school year.
There are educational programs
offered by HPS including Summer
School and KinderKamp. Other
opportunities are Holyoke Community College for kids, events at the
Holyoke Public Library and a summer book exchange located in front
of City Hall during the Farmer s’
Market on Thursdays in July and
August. I can appreciate that we all
need a vacation, but I sincerely hope
281 Greenfield Road, South Deerfield
Kid-Friendly Web Sites
www.magicwings.com
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
For writing:
125 West Bay Road, Amherst
www.scholastic.com/writeit
www.picturebookart.org
www.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry
The Titanic Museum
www.scholastic.com/activities/sciencewriting
208 Main Street, Indian Orchard
For health and fitness:
www.titanic1.org
Basketball Hall of Fame
1150 West Columbus Avenue, Springfield
www.kidshealth.org
www.pbskids.org
www.hoophall.com
Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle
220 State Street, Springfield
www.springfieldmuseums.org
Mount Holyoke College Botanic Garden
50 College Street, South Hadley
www.mtholyoke.ed/offices/botan
Amelia Park Children’s Museum
99 Elm Street, Westfield
www.ameliaparkmuseum.org
Westfield Athenaeum Library
6 Elm Street, Westfield
www.westath.org
Get Ready for Kindergarten!!
HOLYOKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Free Summer Program
For 4 & 5 year olds entering
Kindergarten in Fall 2007
July - August; Mon.-Thurs. 9-1
Families must register at:
Student Assignment Center
57 Suffolk Street
Tel: 534-2055
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the moms flowers they had planted earlier
in the spring. Everyone concluding celebratThe 33 seventh and eighth-grade students
Technical
ing by enjoying ice cream sundaes.
having perfect attendance for the third
The metal
Homework House, the after school homequarter were treated to a field trip sponfabrication
work help and tutoring program ended the
sored by GEAR UP to Sturbridge Village.
students comyear with a buffet dinner on May 10th at
Students experienced hands-on activities
pleted two
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. The prolike printing, baking, painting, and woodspecial jobs for
gram started in the fall to match local colcarving as done in Colonial times.
the community. The first, was fabricating
lege students as tutors to students in grades
150 Life Saving Door Clips for the Holyoke In another celebration, students who made 3-5. Students met with their tutors twice a
the Honor Roll, the 1’s club, Student of the week for two hours to get specific help on
Fire Dept. These clips will be carried by
every firefighter and can be used when they Month or had perfect attendance were
homework while mixing in reading and
treated to an ice cream party in early May. educational games. Over 60 students beneenter a burning building. These clips are
hung between the door jamb and the door The recent induction ceremony for the
fited from 60 tutors from Mt. Holyoke and
so that the return passageway for the fireNational Junior Honor Society has 20 new Elms Colleges as well as students from
men will open. The second community
members. The criteria to becoming a mem- Holyoke High School. Special thanks to
project was fabricated for the Holyoke
ber is having at least a 3.4 grade point aver- Sisters Jane Morissey and Maureen Braughm
Youth Soccer League. The students made
who worked tirelessly to provide an array
age, performing community service, and
soccer goals from aluminum by cutting all
of volunteers for the program. Homework
setting an example for other students by
the materials to size and specifications to
House will begin again in September.
leadership, citizenship and character.
meet soccer regulations. The HYSL also
As
a
part
of
the
25
Book
Campaign,
Peck
McMahon Elementary School
made a donation to the fabrication shop for
Middle School held an author night recently
their efforts.
Players from the UMASS football team rewhere student authors shared their writing.
cently visited the school to give inspirational
After a dinner with entertainment by violinspeeches to fourth graders about the imists and cellists, students Becca Deleportance of education and keeping grades
porte, Rademes Jusino, Megan Wise
up. Members of the Holyoke High School
Ernesto Guevara, Dale Deslippe and
and Courtney Torres read their written
basketball team also visited with their
Louis Crespo all participated in the 2007 works aloud to a crowd of 100 family and
words of wisdom. Frankie Valentin
Notch Pipe Welding Challenge. The chalfriends.
stressed the importance of everyone worklenge is for vocational students in Western
ing “as a team.” David Zieja and Tim
Massachusetts to encourage development
Lawrence Elementary School
Dunn said, “It’s nice to be important, but
of welding skills for excellence in welding.
For Mother’s Day, the mothers of Lawit’s more important to be nice.” Pirey
This is the fourth year select students have
rence Elementary School kindergarteners,
Zayas urged students to be “determined
participated under the guidance of instrucwere treated to an afternoon of songs and
tors Mike Douville and Steve Morneau.
gifts from their children. The children gave and don’t give up.”
Dean
Peck Middle School
Congratulations to Holyoke’s Rising Stars
For 13 years, city educators have honored
students for academics, leadership and citizenship in the Rising Stars program. This
year, 42 students achieved the prestigious
honor and were lauded at a ceremony on
April 25th at Dean Technical High School.
Holyoke High School Rising Stars
Scot Bruyette, Hannah Harazmus, Tom
Hebert, Patrick O’Neil, Emily Curtin, Jillian
Hoey, Anis Roohi, Alexandria Biela, Ryan
Christopher, Jose Pagan, Timothy Coogan,
Saeedat Ola, Carla Stauber, and David Zieja.
Peck Middle School Rising Stars
Deidre Murphy and Jose Rivera
Lynch Middle School Rising Stars
Kiara Fernandez, Deshanay Gonzalez and
Jennifer Hernandez
Donahue School Rising Stars
Corinna Caraballo, Fransheska Feliciano and
Alyssa Hurley
Kelly School Rising Stars
Morgan School
Rising Star
Kadeesha Ortega
Sullivan School
Rising Stars
Yashira Almeyda, Chloe Mann and Michael
Whitelock
E.N. White School Rising Stars
Tyler Brunelle, Christian Rivera and Austin
Theriault
Xaviel Colon, Brandon Eastman and Kenneth
Superintendent’s Choices
William J. Dean Technical Rising Stars Navarro
Alex Morse, Cristina Ramos and Jason Todd
Michaela Vasquez, Dinmariel Ferrer, Xavier McMahon School Rising Star
Valdez, Jonathan Aguero, and Leslie SantiKayla Mayko
ago.
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Taking Stock
Planting a tree on Arbor Day are Jose
Pedraza, Corrina Carabello, Alyssa Hurley
and Ashley Roche.
Donahue Elementary School joined millions
of people around the world celebrating Arbor Day on April 27th by planting 11 trees in
front of the school. A Frasier Fir was donated
by the city of Holyoke and the other 10 trees
were given by the Eagle Eye Institute, the
Dept. of Conservation and Recreation and
the Youth Build Coalition. Mayor Michael
Sullivan joined the planting and read a proclamation declaring Arbor Day at Donahue
Elementary School.
In Tom Wyse’s eighth-grade math class, students spent two months pretending to buy
stock and follow the daily stock market while
learning how to track the market fluctuations
and changes. Students were given $100,000
to spend on stock for three different companies while being responsible for graphing
their findings.
Decorating the Art Room
Under the guidance of art teacher Martha
Mulcahy and student teacher Justin Traut,
students in grades 5-8 installed decorative
tiles to add color and ambiance to the art
room. Traut designed the “warm-colored”
tiles while the students created the “coolcolored” tiles as well as being responsible for
glazing the designs.
First graders Isabelle Dumas and Synell
Rodriguez write in their journals.
First graders at Donahue Elementary School
have been working on writing all year
through continual writing projects including
responding to journal prompts. Teachers
Heather Silva and Nancy Perez say, “It’s
amazing to see how much progress they’ve all
made. They started writing by using pictures
and inventive spelling and now most students
can write 2-3 pages with correct punctuation
and spelling.”
JROTC Banquet at Dean Tech tend Holyoke Community College in the
Dean Technical High School student Josevette Colon
received the Robert J. Watson Scholarship on May
9th at the Title I Conference in Hyannis, Mass.
Josevette (left photo) stands proud alongside Barbara
Solomon, Director of Elementary School Services;
and in right photo, Josevette accepts congratulations
from Massachusetts Commissioner of Education
David Driscoll.
Josevette has also been awarded the President’s Volunteer Award. She plans to earn a four-year degree
Lynch Middle School News & Notes
Members of the eighth grade class honored with the
President’s Education Award for outstanding academic
achievement are: Odalis Amparo, Caitlin Anable, Erin
Corrigan, Jonathan Doherty, Jennifer Hernandez, Emmit
Joyal, Jenna Krasin, Desirae Malave, Yamira Vazquez and
Naiasha Wilson.
Social Studies teachers Johanna Guerra and Ronnie
McCoy hosted several UMASS students from the Media
Literacy and Violence Prevention Program. After several
lessons by the college students, the Lynch students
wrote public service announcements to about alternative solutions to violence.
The Golden Hawks Jr. ROTC Annual
Awards dinner was held May 9th. Major
Kieda and Sergeant Cross presided over
the ceremony in which over 250 medals
and ribbons were awarded ranging from
honors in physical fitness, community
service, leadership, and participation in
JROTC activities. The final award of the
evening was the presentation of the
Major and Mrs. Frank Ferdian Educational Scholarship. Two scholarships of
$2,000 each were awarded to Cadets
Alejandra Torres and Cindy Pena.
Both students will continue their education at Holyoke Community College
following their June 1st graduation.
fall majoring in broadcast journalism and
plans to finish her degree at Westfield
State College. HHS money and banking
teacher April Duguay submitted the
essay as a part of the Stock Market
Game program. Duguay and Zayas plan
to attend the awards ceremony at the
Boston Globe headquarters.
Assistant Principal
Judy Falcetti was
awarded The
Educating Children Award by
the Salvation
Army for her
tireless efforts and grateful appreciation
Holyoke High School
and service rendered by helping in the
Senior Zydalis Zayas, finished first in
promise of “doing the most good.” Falthe statewide Massachusetts High School cetti has been instrumental in the Holycompetition for her InvestWrite Naoke High School backpack program that
tional Essay. Zayas also placed ninth in
provides less fortunate students with
the National High School Competition.
backpacks at the beginning of each
She is an honors student and one of the school year filled with school supplies.
editors of the school newspaper The
Donations for the backpacks come from
Herald. Her favorite teacher is Mary
many businesses and the general comFalcetti because “she has taught me how munity.
to improve my writing.” Zayas will at-
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HHS Coach Lastowski honored
Pictured L to R: Former HHS athlete Shawn McNulty, his father Bob
McNulty, Bob Lastowski and former HHS athlete Stefan Stauber who
nominated Coach Lastowski for the Coaches Award.
Holyoke High School football coach Bob Lastowski receives the 2007
Coaches Book Award from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, Mass. The Coaches Award is open to high school coaches regardless of conference affiliation or division played. Lastowski was nominated for the award by former HHS student and football player Stefan
Stauber who is currently a MMA cadet. Stauber says that Lastowski’s profound influence on his life was that “he pushed me to excel more than
anyone else.”
Holyoke High and Dean Tech Sports Highlights
Holyoke High School
•
Teams that won league titles:
Boys’ Cross Country, Girls’ Volleyball and Field Hockey
(first title ever) and Girls’ Skiing (first title since 1976)
•
Boys’ Basketball wins 9th Western Massachusetts
Championship with a 58-52 win over Central High School
•
1000 point scorers in basketball - Jackie Smith & Tim Dunn
Dean Technical High School
•
Teams that won league titles:
Football, Boys’ Basketball, and Wrestling
•
Division III Football Super Bowl winner
•
State Vocational Tournament
Boys’ Basketball team reaches finals
•
1000 point scorer in basketball - Nathan Hernandez
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Volume 5, Issue 34
Verano 2007
El año escolar HPS llega a un final rápido, ocupado
Por
Dr. Eduardo B. Carballo
Superintendente de Escuelos
Estimados Lectores:
Es difícil creer que estamos llegando al final de otro año escolar. Este ha sido un año ocupado
y mucho se ha llevado a cabo
por todos. Quiero tomar esta
oportunidad para reconocer el
trabajo de todo el personal a
través del distrito y a muchos
compañeros, voluntarios y familias
Por ahora me gustaría hablar
expresamente de dos educadores excepcionales, que después
de muchos años de servicio, han
sido reconocidas recientemente
como Heroínas por la Comisión
de Massachusetts en el Estado de
Mujeres. Ellas fueron homenajeadas en la Cámara Legislativa del
Estado de Massachusetts el 16 de
mayo de 2007. Dra. Maria Barreto es una maestra en la Escuela
Secundaria Peck y Linda Amaral
es una maestra en la Escuela
Sullivan. Estas maestras fueron
denominadas por sus compañeros, en la cual es un honor. Para
Cotizar la Forma de Nombramiento 2007 de Massachusetts
de Heroínas Desconocidas, “Ellas
son las Heroínas que usan su tiempo, talento, espíritu y entusiasmo
para enriquecer las vidas de otros.
Ellas son consejeras, voluntarias e
innovadoras. Ellas son el pegamento
que mantienen una comunidad
junta, ellas son la chispa que comienzan, consiguen y terminan las
cosas…a ellas les importa otra
gente y esto lo muestra.” Felicita-
ciones a ambas.
Un recordatorio a
toda la comunidad
que el próximo año
la Escuela McMahon
crecerá al 7mo.
grado y que las
Escuelas Morgan y
Peck se ha hecho
escuelas hermanas
para el año escolar
2007/2008.
Hemos programado
todas las Ceremonias de Grado 8: el
jueves, 14 de junio
– Escuela Lynch a
las 9:00 a.m.; Sullivan a las 9:30 a.m.;
E.N. White a las
10:00 a.m.; Kelly a Dr. Carballo se dirige a los medios en la Calle Suffolk #57 en una rueda de prensa
las 10:00 a.m. y reciente hablando sobre el apoyo de las escuelas de la ciudad, los maestros, personal
y administración.
Peck a las 9:00 a.m.
El viernes, 15 de
junio – Donahue a
las 9:45 a.m. y HAP a las 10:00
a.m. Animamos a las familias a Dean Técnica, Peck, Donahue,
celebrar los logros de sus estu- Morgan, Lawrence, Sullivan y
E.N. White. Las aplicaciones de
diantes.
estudiante (k-8) están disponibles
De parte del Comité Escolar y en las escuelas; Holyoke High y
mí persona, felicitaciones a todos Dean Técnica reclutarán a estulos estudiantes que se gradúan y diantes como ha sido la práctica
a sus familias. Les deseamos lo en el pasado. John Cavanaugh
mejor y esperamos que siga co- supervisará otra vez estos pronectado y nos avise como está gramas y puede comunicarse por
con sus futuros esfuerzos.
el correo electrónico:
Recordatorio - nuestros [email protected]
mas de verano estarán en la
oscilación otra vez este año. si usted tiene algunas preguntas.
Espero que la mayoría de nues- Les deseo a todos nuestros lectros estudiantes lo aprovechen. tores un verano seguro y relajanLos Programas de Verano se
te.
llevarán a cabo el 9 de julio hasta
el 9 de agosto de 2007 de lunes a
jueves de 8:00 a.m. a 1:00 p.m.
Los sitios para estos programas
son las Escuelas Holyoke High,
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Otros proyectos para el Otono
La Academia Paternal hace unions de comunidad
El Programa del Título I de Holyoke patrocinó la primera Academia Paternal el sábado, 28 de
abril en la Escuela Donahue. El
objetivo del acontecimiento de
familia es cumplir con líneas
directivas paternales estatales y
federales de acuerdo con el
Acto Ningún Niño es Dejado. El
taller de tres horas estuvo lleno
de presentaciones beneficiosas
por maestros dedicados. Los
objetivos de la Academia Paternal eran proveer a padres de
materiales para la casa que tendrá un impacto directo en el
logro de estudiante, criar uniones de casa a escuela, construir
una red y la parte con otros
padres, ayudar a padres a entender las expectativas en el ajuste
académico escolar, y construir
una comunidad de apoyo entre
padres, administradores y profesores. Los talleres incluyeron
juguetes hechos en casa, actividades hacer-y-tomar, ayudante
de tarea, poesía, ejercicio físico,
y seminarios de matemáticas a
hechos básicos y probabilidad.
Otra Academia Paternal está
siendo planeada para la caída.
Felicitaciones a los Estudiantes Estrella de Holyoke
Holyoke High School Rising Stars
Lynch Middle School Rising Stars
Scot Bruyette, Hannah Harazmus, Tom
Hebert, Patrick O’Neil, Emily Curtin, Jillian
Hoey, Anis Roohi, Alexandria Biela, Ryan
Christopher, Jose Pagan, Timothy Coogan,
Saeedat Ola, Carla Stauber, and David Zieja.
Kiara Fernandez, Deshanay Gonzalez and
Jennifer Hernandez
William J. Dean Technical Rising Stars
Michaela Vasquez, Dinmariel Ferrer, Xavier
Valdez, Jonathan Aguero, and Leslie Santiago.
Peck Middle School Rising Stars
Deidre Murphy and Jose Rivera
Donahue School Rising Stars
Morgan School Rising Star
Corinna Caraballo, Fransheska Feliciano and
Alyssa Hurley
Kadeesha Ortega
Kelly School Rising Stars
Sullivan School Rising Stars
McMahon School Rising Star
E.N. White School Rising Stars
Xaviel Colon, Brandon Eastman and Kenneth Yashira Almeyda, Chloe Mann and Michael
Whitelock
Navarro
Kayla Mayko
Tyler Brunelle, Christian Rivera and Austin
Theriault
Las Opciones del Superintendente
Alex Morse, Cristina Ramos and Jason Todd
Volume 5, Issue 4
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La ciudad ofrece programas de curso de verano
nity Collage) para niños, y la Biblioteca Pública de Holyoke. Hasta tenemos un intercambio de libros de verano localizado al frente
Michael Sullivan
de City Hall durante el Mercado Agricultor
los jueves en julio y agosto para tratar de
Alcalde de Holyoke
darle a la juventud una oportunidad de permanecer preparados para el próximo año.
Ya que el año escolar se aproxima a un final, Por favor use estos recursos. Puedo ver que
yo pediría que los padres consideren el estodos necesitamos unas vacaciones, pero yo
fuerzo que los maestros han hecho en las
espero que las familias no vieran esto como
Escuelas Públicas de Holyoke con la educa- una tarea para ellos o los niños, pero una
ción de su niño. Yo pediría que todos los
posibilidad para tener éxito.
padres trabajen lo mejor que pueden para
Me gustaría agradecer al gran número de
conservar ese progreso. Hay programas
padres que han estado directamente involueducativos ofrecidos por las Escuelas Públicas de Holyoke, oportunidades en el Centro crados en la vida de sus niños; su inversión
Universitario de Holyoke (Holyoke Commu- del tiempo será pagado con orgullo en el
futuro. ¡Yo también sería negligente si yo no
Por
agradeciera a
la facultad, al
personal y a la
administración
de las Escuelas
Públicas de
Holyoke
….Muchas
gracias y deseo
que tengan un
gran verano!
Alcalde Michael Sullivan
Los niños tienen que cumplir los
cinco aºos en o
antes del 1º de septiembre
del 2007
Los solicitudes están
disponibles en
las escuelas elementales y
La Oficina de Asignación de Estudiantes
Localizada en
El Primer Piso - Calle Suffolk #57
Tel: 534-2007
Horas de registrar: 8:30 hasta 2:30
lunes a viernes
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Aventura de bicicleta
¡Preparacion para Kindergarten!
Escuelas Públicas de Holyoke
Programa de Verano
Para niños/as de 4 y 5 anos de
edad entrando a Kindergarten
En el Otoño 2007
Fotos en la fila delantra de izquierda a derecha: Erica Oliver, Kyle
Manijak, Mike Britton, Mark Davis, Fernando Leon, Hilda Garcia,
and Jessenia Padilla. En la última fila: Maureen Lyons and Joyce Siok.
El Taller en Detrezas de la Vida Escolar del Programa Uniones
Después de Horas Escolares de la Escuela Dean Técnica participaron recientemente en un programa de bicicleta adaptable. En
una sesión de dos horas, los estudiantes, según sus necesidades,
pudieron montar en una variedad de triciclos para adultos y ciclos de mano con el gorro apropiado. La actividad fue conducida
por “All Out Adventures, Inc” y fue financiada por el Programa
Uniones Después de Horas Escolares. Facilitando la experiencia
fueron los instructores Joyce Siok, Maureen Lyons y la enfermera
Kathy Bennett con la asistencia voluntaria de Kathy Manijak.
julio - augusto
lunes a jueves 9:00 - 1:00
El programa sera gratis
Familias deben registrarse en:
La Oficina de Asignación de Estudiantes
Tel: 534-2055
**Daremos prioridad a estudiantes que no
han tenido experiencia pre-escolar.
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